Hello everyone!
I've played with computer-assisted imagery for as long as I've had a scanner and a copy of Paint Shop Pro (which, in those days, was before Corel bought out JASC). I used to regularly participate in contests on a well-known Photoshop site and my images tended to place very well. I also used to create graphics for various DOOM levels. But until 2013, the only realistic CGI-specific software I used was Terragen, and I used that mainly to create more pleasing skies to replace dull skies that ruined otherwise good photographs.
The artwork you see in my gallery is all current, and created in DAZ Studio. My usual post-processing tools nowadays are Wingnut's Lo-Fi and GIMP. I use Lo-Fi mainly for the film textures, and GIMP for all other work. I'm the only person I know who continues to use Lo-Fi, and one of the few worldwide who still use it at all, but I love that basic little program too much to upgrade to one of Alien Skin's current products. When I need custom textures I use either Genetica or Filter Forge.
Most of my images fall within fantasy or sci-fi genres, with a bit of humor wherever possible. I am a guitarist, and often include musical references in my visuals. I deliberately try to include ambiguity in my narrative images to intrigue you so that you can decide what will happen next in the scene. I think it's fun for you to think about what might happen next and resolve the suspense for yourself. I'm a hobbyist, not a trained artist, and I am grateful that I've met many people along the way who have much more talent than I do, but who were kind enough to point me in the right direction and encourage me to improve.
My favorite artists are probably on almost everyone's list here - Frazetta, the Brothers Hildebrandt, Alex Ross, Norman Rockwell, Hajime Sorayama, Rembrandt, Bouguereau, Guayasamin, James Gurney, Max Ernst, and Bosch. I love Ray Harryhausen's creature designs, particularly that Cyclops from Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and the visual look of Ridley Scott's movies, particularly Blade Runner and Alien.
Thank you for looking at my artwork, and I hope you liked what you saw!
Comments (5)
mmitchell_houston
Nice pose, good expression. Really like the hair and the background. I'd like a little more light on her, though, to bring out her eyes (which look odd at the moment). Nicely done!
Cyve
WOW my friend... she's absolutely gorgeous and I love her dress... Awesome creation !!!
ArtistKimberly
Breathtakingly Beautiful,
Arrogathor
Fun take on the season. Have a:
Salubrious Saturnalia Happy Hannukah Merry Christmas Fine Festival of Lights and Faith
daggerwilldo
Sensational character. Placing her in this classic Christmas setting is a fine choice of backgrounds. It has meaning to me as to the duality of who we are as children and adults. One never really splits that far from the other in this season of remembrance and love. Very nicely done.
mightymysterio
Well into the Victorian era, ghost stories were told on Christmas Eve and the last quarter of the year was especially fertile for that sort of thing. Dickens' choice of a ghost story to tell A Christmas Carol makes sense in this context. Arabella's a really goth G3 character and I thought she could fit in well with this conceptualization of Christmas. I think it works.